diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/include_bootloader/bootloader_flash.h b/components/bootloader_support/include_bootloader/bootloader_flash.h
index 763136e03..85a482781 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/include_bootloader/bootloader_flash.h
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/include_bootloader/bootloader_flash.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "esp_spi_flash.h"
 
 #define FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE 0x1000
+#define FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE 0x10000
 
 /* Provide a Flash API for bootloader_support code,
    that can be used from bootloader or app code.
@@ -100,4 +101,14 @@ esp_err_t bootloader_flash_write(size_t dest_addr, void *src, size_t size, bool
  */
 esp_err_t bootloader_flash_erase_sector(size_t sector);
 
+/**
+ * @brief  Erase the Flash range.
+ *
+ * @param  start_addr start address of flash offset
+ * @param  size       sector aligned size to be erased
+ *
+ * @return esp_err_t
+ */
+esp_err_t bootloader_flash_erase_range(uint32_t start_addr, uint32_t size);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common.c
index a17492601..479407845 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ bool bootloader_common_erase_part_type_data(const char *list_erase, bool ota_dat
 
     partitions = bootloader_mmap(ESP_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET, ESP_PARTITION_TABLE_MAX_LEN);
     if (!partitions) {
-            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "bootloader_mmap(0x%x, 0x%x) failed", ESP_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET, ESP_PARTITION_TABLE_MAX_LEN);
-            return false;
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "bootloader_mmap(0x%x, 0x%x) failed", ESP_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET, ESP_PARTITION_TABLE_MAX_LEN);
+        return false;
     }
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "mapped partition table 0x%x at 0x%x", ESP_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET, (intptr_t)partitions);
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ bool bootloader_common_erase_part_type_data(const char *list_erase, bool ota_dat
                 // partition->label is not null-terminated string.
                 strncpy(label, (char *)&partition->label, sizeof(label) - 1);
                 if (fl_ota_data_erase == true || (bootloader_common_label_search(list_erase, label) == true)) {
-                    err = esp_rom_spiflash_erase_area(partition->pos.offset, partition->pos.size);
+                    err = bootloader_flash_erase_range(partition->pos.offset, partition->pos.size);
                     if (err != ESP_OK) {
                         ret = false;
                         marker = "err";
diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_flash.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_flash.c
index a7a6f6e61..735c21327 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_flash.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_flash.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ esp_err_t bootloader_flash_erase_sector(size_t sector)
     return spi_flash_erase_sector(sector);
 }
 
+esp_err_t bootloader_flash_erase_range(uint32_t start_addr, uint32_t size)
+{
+    return spi_flash_erase_range(start_addr, size);
+}
+
 #else
 /* Bootloader version, uses ROM functions only */
 #include <soc/dport_reg.h>
@@ -247,4 +252,28 @@ esp_err_t bootloader_flash_erase_sector(size_t sector)
     return spi_to_esp_err(esp_rom_spiflash_erase_sector(sector));
 }
 
+esp_err_t bootloader_flash_erase_range(uint32_t start_addr, uint32_t size)
+{
+    if (start_addr % FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE != 0) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    if (size % FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE != 0) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE;
+    }
+    size_t start = start_addr / FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE;
+    size_t end = start + size / FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE;
+    const size_t sectors_per_block = FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE / FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE;
+
+    esp_rom_spiflash_result_t rc = ESP_ROM_SPIFLASH_RESULT_OK;
+    for (size_t sector = start; sector != end && rc == ESP_ROM_SPIFLASH_RESULT_OK; ) {
+        if (sector % sectors_per_block == 0 && end - sector >= sectors_per_block) {
+            rc = esp_rom_spiflash_erase_block(sector / sectors_per_block);
+            sector += sectors_per_block;
+        } else {
+            rc = esp_rom_spiflash_erase_sector(sector);
+            ++sector;
+        }
+    }
+    return spi_to_esp_err(rc);
+}
 #endif